Best of SA 2012 Critic Pick:
Countless food shows featuring celebrity chefs have cast a bright light on the "back of the house," the kitchens that create the artful delicacies that drive restaurant success.
4/25/2012
Arts & Culture:
A quarter of the way through The Flu Season, Will Eno’s 2003 absurdist exercise set in a psychiatric hospital, patients in the TV room watch a report on how an entire family fell through early-winter ice and died. Skating on a thin dramatic surface, the pla
By Steven G. Kellman
5/17/2013
Music:
If San Antonio is the mecca of conjunto, then the Tejano Conjunto Festival serves as the genre’s hajj — a chance to pay homage to accomplished...
By Jeffrey Wright
5/15/2013
Wayne Shorter: 'Without a Net'
Following a 43-year hiatus from the label, this is Shorter's return to Blue Note. Recorded during Shorter's 2011 European tour...
| 2/6/2013
Cody Critcheloe's SSION needs no Ke$ha
With directing creds for the likes of Santigold, Peaches, and CSS, his own flick (2009's Boy), and the album artwork for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, it's...
| 10/31/2012
Teeny Lieberson breaks out on her own
Indie pop in 2012 is crowded with bands who sound like they want the closing track on an '80s Rom-Com. Drowned in synths, blissful melodies, and weak-ass...
| 10/17/2012
Microwave mastery
When the dining hall is closed, you're strapped for cash, and your auto-owning friend is holed up in the library, the omnipresent dorm-room microwave will be...
| 8/29/2012
Pickup basketball
After spending ungodly hours watching the NBA this playoff season, it's time to get off your ass, lace up your sneakers, and get on the court. But don't settle for...
| 6/20/2012
